Neanderpundit

Well, first, I was going to replace the oil pan seal on the wife’s Escape. I removed the bolts from the crossover (you have to take it down to get to the oil pan) but it just wouldn’t budge, so I bolted it back together and gave it an oil change. Next I pulled out the replacement sash for the daughter’s bedroom window- it had some rot on the bottom, I ordered a replacement in the fall but it didn’t come till the coldest bloody day of the year so today was gonna be the day I swapped it out- and when I pulled the window out of the (Undamaged) box it looked as though a beaver had been chewing on it. So I took THAT back and had it swapped, the next one will probably take a YEAR to get. And then I decided to mow the lawn, and discovered the damned tires were flat.

Great googly moogly.

So we went to the range.

We shot- well, I keep 22 in 30 cal ammo cans, a full one seems to hold around 3000 rounds, and we all but emptied a full one. All old stock golden bullets and I’m happy to say not a misfire or a squib in the lot. We also went through two boxes of Federal new stock and about a box and a half of the Winchester stuff.

We were shooting my heavy barreled MKII, my old Remington 241 speedmaster,my Romanian training rifle, Partner’s Beretta 948 and JC Higgins 88, and Partner’s Stevens heavy barreled target rifle, with which he drove tacks all day.

Midway through, the daughter was so caught up in the sheer joy of the moment that she sounded like she was the cheerleader for Knob Creek. I was getting sore fingers reloading magazines.

And then I shot the Backhoe again, this time after having installed the new Kick-Eze recoil pad. It still kills on one end and maims on the other; it’s a very light rifle for a harsh round.

As I don’t suspect I’ll ever have a rifle bearer, I will be carrying the rifle myself. Since I will be carrying 99% of the time, and shooting about 1% of the time, I’m ok with it being a bit light. Will post a scan of the target tomorrow.

Should get done here in a few minutes. We’ll see how my winterizing worked.